AUTHOR=Almeida Taynná Vernalha Rocha , Schelle Danielly Portes , Costa Paula Orofino Moura , Miquilin Isabella de Oliveira Campos , Santos Caroline Martins José dos , de Oliveira Paola Freitas , Castro Joelma Ferreira Gomes , Moreira Leonora Rios de Souza , Inoue Vinicius Chozo , Filho Edenilo Baltazar Barreira , Garcia Márcio Henrique de Oliveira 

TITLE=Strengthening health sector capacities through permanent health education: workshops addressing public health emergencies in Brazil

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1562010

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2025.1562010

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=This initiative strengthens Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS) by enhancing preparedness, public health surveillance, and response capacities to public health emergencies across 27 Federative Units (FUs). Employing andragogical active methodologies, 156 action plans were developed, addressing preparedness (34.7%), public health surveillance (31.8%), and response (33.5%). Training in small groups fostered situational analyses, collaborative planning, and practical application of theoretical knowledge, creating a scalable and replicable model for nationwide implementation.